Hosiery drying form



May 24, 1932. c. LOVEN 1,860,042

HOSIERY DRYING FORM Filed May 18. 192 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Gap! ZZvew May24, 1932. Q LQVEN 1,860,042

HOS IERY DRYING FORM Filed y 1 2 Sheets$heet 2 Patented May 24, 1932UNITED STATES CARL LOVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA HOSIERY DRYINGFORM,

Application filed May 18,

This invention relates to improvements in hosiery drying forms, and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide a form which while not.departing in the mam from the accepted stocking-formstandards'doesdepart in the toe portion to an extent affording a greaterconformity in the toe portion of the finished stocking with the normalshape of the corresponding portion of the human 10 foot.

It is desirable to give the toe portion of the stocking a width andbluntness conforming as closely as possible to the normal shape of thehuman foot while not interfering with the accepted standard form inwhich hosiery is commonly marketed, and it is the principal object ofthe present invention to provide a form which while giving a finishedarticle which in essential respects corresponds with hosiery finished onthe forms now in common use will, nevertheless, so shape the toe as toafford a maximum comfort in that part to the wearer.

In the attached drawings: Figure 1 is a stocking form-or board made inaccordance with my invention;

- Fig. 2 is a view of a stocking finished on my forming board;

Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which a 3 stocking finished on the formmay be folded to give a finished article which in general appearance isthe same as the stocking finished on a forming board of the usual type;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the form, and Fig. 5 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawings, my stocking form may conform in general shapeto the normal stocking form in the leg portion and in the major portionof the foot as indicated at 1 and 2 respectively. The toe 3, however,instead of terminating in the plane with the rest of the form isprovided with a rounded transverse enlargement l which may be in theform of a separate piece attached after the manner shown in Fig. 1 tothe flat board or may be an integral part of the form. Preferably thistransverse portion fl at its forward end 5 is square with the plane ofthe flat portion of the board and extends an equal 50 distance on bothsides so as to give aperresult that it wears longer and gives better p1927. Serial 10- 192,44

fectly square toe in the finished stocking, and

so also that there maybe'no distinction between right and lefthandstockings as boarded on thisform. The broadforward end 5 of the toepiece '3 lies in a plane'w'm Fig.4, 5 which is disposed at right anglesto the plane. of the foot portion 2 and bisects the said foot portion,being disposed substantially-equi distantly from and between theopposite edges 6, and 7 respectively of the said foot portion 2, sothatwhen a stocking is finished on the form the broadest portion of thetoe of the stocking will be disposed substantially in line with thecenter of the'foot portion of the stocking, asshown in Fig. 3ofzthedrawlngs. v V r The stockingis applied to the form in the usualmanner, and when dried and stretched on the form'gives a finishedstocking of the general form illustrated in Fig. 2, in which. 0 the toeinstead of being fiat and in the plane of the rest of the stocking isspread'trans versely. By taking the transversely pressed toe, however,and folding it as shown in Fig.

3 so that the major portion'thereof lies flat against one-side of thefootof the stocking,

the stocking assumes in contour the general shape of a stocking finishedon the usual fiat forming board, this appearance being accentuated tosome extent by. pressing down'the folded-over toe flap against the sideof the stocking. With the exception of the toe, the stocking correspondsin all respects to a stocking finished on the usual form, and when thetoe is folded as described, the article has the same pleasing appearanceof an article finished on the type of board now in common use. Thestockings of a pair being laid together in the usual manner may have thetoe 7 portions folded against the adjacent faces so that the fold isentirely invisible except when the stockings of the pair are separated.

A stocking boarded on my form, however, has the great advantage offitting naturally p and without: pressure upon the toesof the v wearer,and is in all respects more hygienic; Not only is undue pressure takenoff the foot, but the stocking similarly relieved, with the service.

' foot portions and having atthe toe a. transverse extremity-whoseforward edge extends I am aware that stocking forms having transversetoe portions have been suggested,

but so far as I am aware, no form has been provided which gives theusual flat finished shape to the stocking and affords a transverse toeportion which when folded in as described gives a finished article notdeparting in marked degreeand in contour from the: accepted stockingshape.

I claim: 7

l. A stocking formronsisting. of." 3,.S'llbZ-J stantially fiat bodyincluding both leg and foot portions and having at the toea rounded Rtransverse extremity whose forward edge eX-. tends substantially atright angles to the plane of'the said foot portion of the form in.

alplanebisecting thesaid footportion of the form.-

2;:Astocking'form consisting vof a substantially fiat body including,both leg and substantiallyatright angles to the planeof the said footportion of the form in a plane bisecting'the 'said footp ortion of theform.

and which merges into the said flat foot portion in advanee of theankle.

3. A. stocking form consisting of-legand foot-portions, said leg portionand apart of said foot portion being formed as a flat body,

the part of the foot which is included in the I flatlbody-consistingofaheel and ankle portion and apart in advance of the ankle, the

foot portion also including a toe portion conr sisting of a roundedtransverse body; the forward edge ,of whic'h extends substantially at:right angles to the plane of said footportion and ina plane bisectingthe said flat foot por-' tion, said rounded body tapering from its outerend toward the-opposite sides-of the fiat parto-f the-foot in advanceofthe ankle.

VGARL LOVEN.

